Hi everyone, not been on here in ages not long finished uni for the summer and now working 12 hour shifts, this might take some getting used to haha. Anyway I have lost my EDC light and looked everywhere and am looking for a replacement light :candle:. I need something for walking along the beaches at night with a high output and an easy to access strobe feature for self defence as well as EDC. So far I have come across the Thrunite scorpion V2 and really like the look of it and the massif 1000 lumen output
and the variable output. I was wondering if anyone had any experience with this light, I have had a look at some of the reviews and it seems a winner. Not sure if anyone has any other recommendations?
Thanks a lot Folks
I can't speak to that particular light, but I do frequent exercise (walk/run) on the beach here at night.
What I normally do is have a SF E1B clipped into my waistband, and I run with a Malkoff Hound Dog in my hand.
Sometimes I leave the Malkoff behind and just use the E1B, but its usually both.
Just to inform you, an environment like an active (decent waves) beach at night will absolutely swallow the light produced by a flashlight.
1. Wide open space.
2. Moisture in the air.
Those two factors mean that even the best handheld light (even aspheric lens) will not do everything you want it to.
If I were you I'd just keep a small light handy like an SF E1B, and use situational awareness to avoid suspicious persons.
Also on that note, many people may get very irritated or annoyed if you use a high powered flashlight on a beach. I was jogging along one night and it looked like I was going to have to jog between two people and my spidey senses began to tingle.
I shone the light ahead and it was just a man walking with his girlfriend and two dogs. He got quite irate at the light. I did not even directly shine it at him, just put him into the edge of the Malkoff spill beam, but on a dark night it is still very bright.
So yeah, sometimes light isn't always the solution. Be aware of your surroundings, respect other peoples desire for peace/quiet/darkness, and keep a small/powerful light handy for self defense.
edit: a low mode is also useful, incase your walking/jogging toward an unidentified object on the sand. could be a dead fish, a small hole, a crab, a jellyfish, or anything really. I use the low mode on the E1B for this.
And a note regarding why I use the E1B for this when I have a HDS Rotary which is arguably better... Pocket clip. E1B has the invaluable pocket clip, which sets it apart from most of my lights, when i do exercise at night.